Full Text of SR0985 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Helen Dorothy Schroder of Naperville, who | 4 | | passed away on September 10, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born Helen Dorothy Grieve on her family's | 6 | | farm in Elmira; she was a graduate of Kewanee High School; | 7 | | after receiving a full scholarship, she graduated with a | 8 | | bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1939; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After college, she taught for several years at | 10 | | elementary schools in central Illinois; in 1942, she married | 11 | | her husband, Keith, with whom she had three children; while | 12 | | raising her children in Naperville, Mrs. Schroder volunteered | 13 | | for numerous charitable organizations, including Meals on | 14 | | Wheels, the YMCA, and PADS; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She worshipped at First Congregational Church in | 16 | | Naperville for more than five decades; during the 1970s and | 17 | | 1980s, Mrs. Schroder also served as a volunteer with Little | 18 | | Friends in Naperville, an organization that supports children | 19 | | and adults with severe learning disabilities; there she worked | 20 | | in the Parent-Infant Program and was given the 1983 Volunteer | 21 | | of the Year award, presented to her by then United States | 22 | | Senator Charles Percy;
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, She and her husband joined the Illinois Nuclear | 2 | | Weapons Freeze Campaign; the April 26, 1982 edition of Newsweek | 3 | | magazine included a picture of her holding up a sign that read: | 4 | | "End the Arms Race! Save the Human Race!"; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Schroder is survived by her daughters, Mary | 6 | | Sue Kitchen and Elizabeth Hopkins; her son, Robert; her sister, | 7 | | Betty Hyer; her eight grandchildren; and her six | 8 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | her family and friends, the passing of Helen Schroder; and be | 12 | | it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Helen Schroder as a symbol of our | 15 | | sincere sympathy.
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